patronymic
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Genealogist Calum MacNeil said patronymic names were popular when he was growing up in Nask, a small community in Barra.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
It will also allow the use of traditional patronymic and matronymic names used by the Frisian minority, which entail children’s surnames being based on their father’s or mother’s first name.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
But citizens over the age of 18 can choose to swap the patronymic for a matronymic based on the name of the mother.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
“This is exactly what we were doing, Dmytro Volodymyrovych,” she addressed him respectfully, with his patronymic.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
I may observe that all these three forms, Scott, Scotto, and Scotten, are found in our surnames, as well as Scotting, the Anglo-Saxon patronymic, which assists to mark the name as in Anglo-Saxon use.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
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